- Overview
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A story of growing up and learning about death during the funeral of a grandfather.
- Book Intro
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This is an emotional and humorous long-form children's story about a funeral and death, a subject rarely seen in children's literature. This book tells the story of Yeong-wuk, a 13-year-old boy, who learns about death and grows up during the funeral proceedings of his grandfather.
This book is dedicated to all grandfathers and grandmothers who have lived through a long life, sometimes wonderfully, sometimes ridiculously, sometimes sweetly, and sometimes full of mistakes. It is a book of encouragement for children who will live their lives vigorously through the warm and loving memories of their grandparents.
- About the Author
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Yoo Eunsil
(English) When she was a kid, her mother worried about her for not reading at all. Then, at some point, she has become a poem-loving teenager, a book-aficionado adult, and even a writer. Her previous book, The Bunting Boy won her "Korean Children's Book Award". Meoljjeonghan Lee Yujeong (Lee Yujeong, the Perfect) was nominated in the "2010 Honour List of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)". The Last Event describes death and a funeral, rare subjects for a children's book, in a heart-touching and humorous way, being recognized as one of the most outstanding children literatures in Korea. It was published in France. Her other books include Birth of Il-soo; My Hair Smells Like Sunshine; Dear Mrs. Astrid Lindgren; Grandma Margot Came to My House; I Wanna Be a Picky Eater Too; Ms. Mi-ja in My Town and more children's books, and Suburbs for adolescents. She also wrote for illustrated books such as Sim Cheong, and stories of historical men such as Yoo Gwan-soon and Jane Goodall.
(Japanese) 1974年ソウル生まれ。九九は小学校3年生の時、右手、左手は5年生の時、左向き、右向きは高校生の時に覚えた。本をあまり読まない幼少期を過ごしたので、子どもたちが「本をたくさん読まないと作家になれないよ」とうるさく言われるのを見ると、とても申し訳なく思う。『私のリンドグレン先生』、『我が家に来た仙女』、『万国旗少年』を出版し、『万国旗少年』で第28回韓国児童図書賞を受賞。
Kang Gyeongsu
(English) Kang loves to doodle, daydream and goof around with his son, Parang. Kang began drawing as he drew comics and is now an author loved for all his work. The Codename series is a realization of Kang’s long imagined dream. Kang has illustrated for many story books and some of his own books include The unbelievable story, I’ll give you a flower, The snowstorm, The big fart, My Mom, Why x 100, etc. Kang received the Ragazzi award in the nonfiction category at the 2011 Bologna Children’s Book Fair for his work The unbelievable story.
(French) Elle aime gribouiller et rêvasser. Les livres qu'elle a écrits et dessinés étaient « Une histoire comme un mensonge » et « Je suis en colère ! ». Et d'autres comme Gros pet, ma mère, Pourquoi x100 et les séries Codename. Il a remporté le Ragazzi Award for Non-Fiction à la Foire internationale du livre pour enfants de Bologne 2011 pour "Une histoire comme un mensonge".
(Vietnamese) Thích việc vẽ tranh tường và những điều không tưởng, và thích chơi đùa với con trai mình, Ppa-rang. Bắt đầu từ việc vẽ tranh và vẽ truyện tranh, bây giờ đã trở thành một nhà văn được độc giả yêu mến với mỗi tác phẩm được cho ra mắt. Thời gian qua đã vẽ tranh cho nhiều truyện cổ tích thiếu nhi như bộ truyện "Code name", "câu chuyện như một lời nói dối", "Tiếng đánh rắm khổng lồ". Tác phẩm "câu chuyện như một lời nói dối" đã nhận giải xuất sắc Giải thưởng Lagazi cho hạng mục tiểu thuyết hư cấu tại Triển lãm sách Bologna năm 2011.
(Russian) Автор предпочитает работать в стиле каракулей и фэнтэзи, любит играть со своим сыном. Работая над комиксами, постепенно перешел к иллюстрированию детских книг. Сейчас каждая книга - это настоящее художественное произведение. Среди его книг серия "Кодовое имя", "История, непохожая на правду", "Я в гневе!", "Большой пук", "Моя мама", "Почему Х 100" и др. В 2011 г. - "История, непохожая на правду" получила главный премия в номинации нон-фикшн на Болонской книжной ярмарке.
- Selection
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Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, 2012, Book of the Year
